Richeria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1797.[2][3] It is native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[1][4] Richeria is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]
| Richeria | |
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| Richeria grandis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
| Tribe: | Scepeae |
| Genus: | Richeria Vahl |
| Synonyms[1] | |
- Species[1]
- Richeria australis - São Paulo, Mato Grosso
- Richeria dressleri - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador
- Richeria grandis - Panama, N South America, E West Indies
- Richeria obovata - Costa Rica to Bolivia
- Richeria tomentosa - Colombia, Ecuador
- Formerly included[1]
moved to Podocalyx
- Richeria loranthoides - Podocalyx loranthoides
References
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- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Vahl, Martin. 1797. Eclogae americanae, seu, Descriptiones plantarum praesertim Americae meridionalis, nondum cognitarum 1:30-32 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Richeria Vahl
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.